Another "Help me choose my speakers" thread

Thank everyone for the responses, keep the suggestions coming!

I'll be scoping out the site for Vandersteen 1c's

Right now I have Bose 301's... I have read terrible things on here about them, but there were a huge upgrade from my Cerwin Vega Re25's. Obviously, I'm kind of new to the idea of spending $1000 on a pair of speakers. 

I do not have experience with the speakers I listed. Honestly, the best setup I've ever listened to is a NAD 2500 pushing Klipsch KG4's. The owner of this setup was told by an audiophile that he needs to upgrade his speakers to something more in the $1000 ballpark and the difference would be very satisfying.

Klipsch was the first brand I started researching, until I found a thread on here that basically said Marantz and Klipsch don't pair well together.

I don't need something that sounds perfectly natural and flat, I'd like something that sucks you right into the music without any harshness.

As far as bass response, I would like it much upgraded from the 301's, but I don't want to put a lot of emphasis on that when deciding. It's not that important to me. I won't be running a subwoofer... At least not for a few years 

I'm liking all of these suggestions... A lot.
The Prisma's on here are local pick up only and too far away to make it worth while. Does anyone have opinions on wether the Dali Oberon 5 would be sensitive enough for just 30w?
How about used Vandersteen 1c vs. new Tekton Lore?

Thanks everyone! This is the first time I’ve actually participated in a thread instead of just reading through them, and it was unbelievably helpful. I purchased the Spendor s6e’s as the price was right, I’ve always like two way speakers (I have much more experience in car audio), and all of the reviews I could find seemed to pinpoint exactly what I was looking for as "pros".
Big shout-out to @yogiboy 

Wow, what an upgrade to the 301's! These S6e's sound amazing! It's like the mid range and bottom end have come alive! I'm hearing instruments doing things in the background that I have never have been able to before. The bass is surprising for the size of these things. I just set them up today, so I am still messing around with the placement. Just had to sit down and enjoy "Kind of Blue" while I gave you guys my first impressions. 😁
Thanks for all of the feedback, I'm grateful for this website.